La Grande evening observer., July 19, 1910, Image 1

VOL. XI
LA liKAJSb UAlOJS COUNTY, OKKUON. TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1910.
NUMBER 222.
TEDDY HOPES TO
SFF PIITFRRM !
y IbIb mi w
PROGRESSIVE
DENIES HE 18 GOING TO AID IS
NOMINATING ANYONE TO
STATE OFFICES
MAY LEND SUPPORT LATER
Colonel Roosevelt Indicates Clearly
His Stand on Progressive Action of
Portions of Republican Ranks In.
argents Hope to See His Suort
Coming Their Way Wlul Candi
dates Hare Been Named.
New Y . July 14. "I have never
recom'mt .t . d any man for office and
I don't intend to do so this year,"
said Theodore Roosevelt today, after
Judge Kincaide of Ohio, candidate for
Republican nomination for governor,
had called.
"I hope the progressive platforms
will be adopted by the various Repub
lican state conventions this fall," he
added.
This is considered one of the most
important statements Roosevelt has
made since his return. Politicians de
clared it meant that Roosevelt will
, fight, or the Jjuacgaata' principles,
though not backing any candidate.
There is a possibility that Roose
velt may support the candidates after
fhev are nominated. Rooevelt said
his talk with Kincaid was general,
and no politics were discussed.
Among others who visited the Colo
nel at his Outlook offices today was
President David Starr Jordan of Stan
ford Unjversity. He congratulated
Roosevelt on his safe return from Af
rica. A delegation of friendly Sons
of St. Patrick likewise called and
presented Roosevelt with resolutions
of congratulation upon his return.
Other caller were Jacob Rlis, Con
gressmen Slemp, Sock and Foolker.
secretary of the Amalgamated Sugar
company, with headquarters at Og
den . The chief object of their visit it
the transfer of books and accounts of
the local factory from the hands ol
Cashier Harold Herrln to William E.
Eccles, of Ogden. who hereafter will
i officiate as cashier at the company's
1 office. Mr. Herrin resigned some time
ago, the resignation to take effect Ju
ly 20. Mr. Herrin has been cashier
at the sugar factory practically since
the factory was established, and re
signed to accept the bank Job.
Mr. Eccles, his successor, Is a man
well versed in financial affairs and
comes highly recommended both as
an employe of the company and as an
enterprising young man who will add
to the list of thrifty enterprising and
public-spirted men already In La
Grande.
Fred G. Taylor spent most of his
time today greeting old time friends.
Fred, be it said, was poet laureate of
1'nion county when he was here, and
many a booster jingle has he com
posed tnat nas been sung and read
in booster meetings. He is "tic 'lied to
death" as he states it,,o be back in
his old stamping ground again and
his friends are equally delighted to
meet the genial countenance once
more. Mr. Rolapp and Mr Taylor will
remain In La Grande a few days be
fore returning to their headquarters.
-SUM TFARHFR in M-
WWIIHUb WlWIIbll Mill I U II I
OLD CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
IN DEVASTATING FOREST EIRE
f 1
Spokane. July 19. Jwo lives were the only hope to prevent a general
lost and several were missing, and conflagration.
r ive uead in ( annua.
Vancouver, B. C, July 19. Reports
today form Kacto state that five are
To Try Tnmmuny Man.
New York. July 19. Walter Her
bert, the colored Tammany leader,
faced trial for the third time today
on an indictment charging violation
of the election laws.
The jury at the first trial dis
agreed. The second trial was abrupt
ly ended by Jutice Blanchard. upon
the rear it of Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Preutke. who reported to the
court that two of the jurors had been j
approached by friends of the accused.
i
hundreds of thousands of dollars'
worth of timber is burned by foret
fires raging In Northeastern Wash
ington, the Idaho panhandle and in
Montana.
The dead are Miss Pearl Brew,
aged 22, a school teachsr. and her 1-year-old
niece, daughter of Hon J. S
Wyman of Plains, Mont.
caught and- burned to death In a fire
on Mill creek, where she had a In stead.
It is believed the fire was
started by a neighbor clearing Bfrnsh.
W. A. Trowbridge, a farmer, was ar
rested, charged with starting the fire.
He will be brought to the city today.
In the Coeur d' Alene .country many
places are seething In seas of fire.
This condition obtains near Wardner
and Kellogg. In Priest Iver, Mon-
tana, flames are reported at Black
1
of
dead from forest I. res. Thcv r
suffocated at the mouth of the I .. '
Jim mine, where they had ta!: ;a rot
Uge.
Cooks in Need of Help.
Stevenson, July 18. Scon".
men were rushed to Cook's u ft
ier forests.
The flames are advanc.iig despite
the fighters.
Seattle Feels Smoke.
Seattle. July 19. Smoke is thick
over Seattle today on account of for
est lires. Conditions are beHeved to
be the worst in years. The long dry
Bpell makes the forest like tinder.
Five hundred thousand feet of logs,
nnitv fur rleliverv near Toll, were
; burned today. The fire is eating its
tion; all other property should be as
sessed. Section 3 of the same law
specifies as taxable property: "All
debts due or to become due from sol
vent debtors, whether on account
contract, note, mo:tgag or otherwise,
either wjthin or without this State.'
Notes secured by mortgage, likewtse
unsecured notes under the law, are
subject to taxation.
In equalizing between the counties
for the purpose 'of apportioning the
state tax and of assigning the valua
tions of public service companier
which this board will assess. It Is im
portant that we take Into considera
tion the extent to which the different
assessors shall have an. i eed?d In.
listing Intangible personal' ty on thoii
rolls. Before making this equslhta
tion we shall undertake by InvisUga
tion to prepare an estimate In re
gard.
Very truly yours.
BOARD OP STATE TAX COMMI8
sioNERs, mm
Uy J. B. EATON. Commissioner.
CANADIAN LINE
CRIPPEED BY
WALK-OUT
FORTY-FIVE HUNDRED MILKS QV
LINE AT COMPLETE STAND
STILL IN CANADA
Foot, and Missoula districts. Rain 13 way In standing timber there
MURDOCH WILL ANSWER
Cannon's Denial Not to Go I'nclinl
longed in Kansas State
MILLIONS IN RELIEF FUND
Eight to Finish Precipitated When
Enormous Army of Trainmen, Yard
Men aud Conductors Walk out as
One Man- Strikebreakers Will Be
Imported Say the Officials bat
then Clashes Wonld Result.
WILL HAUL LUMBER.
Elgin Man Receives a Large Traction
Outfit.
Elgin. July 19. (Special). Jesse
Parker, who has a large contract for
hauling lumber for local mills, has
just received and unloaded a big Rus
sell traction engine and four lumber
trucks. It Is said he will be able to
haul 30.000 feet, of lumber each day
with the outfit.
RECORD CROWD MORTCACESWILL
AT HYBERIANS' Of ASSESSED
ASSEMBLY HEREAFTER
Kansas. July 19 Representative
Murdock will answer Speaker Can
nou'a speech In which Cannon charg
ed Senator Brlstow misstated facts In
regard to framing the rubber sched
ules of the tariff law by Aldrlch.
Rristow charged that Aldrlch con
trived to lep crude rubber on the
free list while a high tariff waa
charged on the refined product. Brls
tow declared Aldrlch and son are in
terested In a so-called rubber trost.
Cannon yesterday denied all this
Murdock speaks "this afternoon.
Drifter Comes Down Early
Mount Pleasant, la,, July 19. A
balloon drifter, which ascended from
Hamilton, Ohio, last night with
George Howard and Walter Collins
well known aeronauts, failed In an at
tempt to remain aloft for two days
and two nights to break a 44-hour
record. The drifter landed near here
this morning.
BISHOP CHRISTIE OFFICIATES AT
PONTIFICAL MASS
Largest Crowd in History of Order
Assembled in Portland Today
CHIEF DAVIS IS AT
HE
RMISTON
CLAIMS COMPLETION OF PRO
JECT UP TO BALLINGER
SPECIAL STRESS TO BE LAID ON
THAT PHASE
Tax Commission Informs Local As
sessor that Diligence is Required
Mortgages must be listed and as
sessed in Oregon and special diligence
on the part of the assessors, has been
ordered by the state tax commission
State Tax Commissioner Eaton, writ
ing to County Assessor Rlnehart as
well as other assessors of the slut?,
has this to say on this very Import
ant subject:
was
Kurmors Itiiv nt omohilc
Cove, July 19. (Special). Frank
Conley.and Jabe Conley. two of the
prominent farmers of this vicinity
have just purchased automobiles. The
machines are Studebaker E. M. F. and
are high-power cars. The autos that
are being bought in this part of tho
valley at the present time are all
high grade cars.
Chief of Reclamation Service on Tour
Of Inspection of Western States
FREO C, TAYLOR
IN TOWN
CASHIER HERRIN LEAVES
SUGAR COMPANY
I' HE
Secretary Rolapp and Taylor Come
In Connection with Chanpc
Genial Fred Taylor, for several
years the manager of the local amal
gamated Sugar company, secretary of
1 ('( mmerclal club here, affiliated
with Union county publicity and
ng. arid who a little over a year
ago went to Lewiston, Montana, to
take the management of a large sugar
factor-, is In La Grande today. He is
accompanied by E. S. Rolapp general
The West extention of the Umatilla
irrigated project is now up to Secre
tary R. A. Ballinger. according to A.
R. Davis, chief engvneer of the rec
lamation service, who passed through
La Grande yesterday on his way to
Hermiston to inspect the project
there, already completed. Alter an
Inspection of the Umatilla project he
will go on to Klamath.
By stating that the proposed ex
tension of the reject is now up to the
secretary of the Interior. Mr. Davis
meant that his department has com
ih it work of investigation and
has imported its findings to the secre- j
retary of the Interior, that the mon
ey for the wcrk is available and that
all that remains to tte done is lor the
secretary of the interior to order the
work to commence and the extension
will be undertaken.
It will be remembered that the gov
ernment engineers made their inves
tigation of the proposed extension
I several months ago met that they re-
ported the project as entirely feas
ible.
Davis is making an official tour of
Portland, Ore.. July 19 The sev
enth convention of the Ancient Order
of Hybernians convened here today
with high mass in the Catholic Cath
edral. Immedately afterwards the
delegates met in the Masonic Temple
where the convention was called to
order by P. E. Sullivan of Portland,
who Is chairman of the national pro
eram committee.
Twelve hundred dJjgat.es are here' July 15, 1910.
and over 4.000 visitors. More are ex- i To County Assessors: Gentlemen
pected before the conclusion of the I iu reviewing the work of the sever-
conventlon Saturday, mis is me.ai county assessors u nas uecuui
greatest number ever attending a sim- apparent that certain classes of prop
Uar convention. This afternoon the I erty have not been duly considered by
delegates will be the guests of the j an 0 them. It appears that in some
Commercial Club and In the evening, j counties mortgage notes are practh
they will give a convention ball and J ally listed or. If listed only in in
banquet I stance where the tax payer fairly in-
At Mass today Archbishop Christie J 8iBts that his mortgage notes should
officiated. Rev. John Carrol of Hel- be assessed, some assessors and
ena, Mont., preached the sermon. I county boards holding that it is not
good public policy to tax such notes
As a matter of course tr taxpayer
To Begin Campaign.
New York, July 19. Work
commenced today in fitting up the
rooms in the St. James building en
gaged for the headquarters of the
republican congressional campaign.
The offices will be formally opened
in two weeks when Representative
Henry Loudenslager. with a force of
press agents and clerks will under
take the task of maintaining the G. o.
P. balance in the national congress.
The slogan of the campaign will be
"stand pat" and "progressives" will
receive scant comfort from headquarters.
WOOD
ASSUMES
Toronto, Nnt., July 19. Thops
ands or men went out today on one ol
the biggest railrfaad strikes in tho his
tory of Canada. No trains are run
ning over 4500 miles of main line of
the Grand Trunk. They struck si
multaneously, and the road la com
pletely tied up.
Yard men, trainmen and shop men
quit. They have a defense fund of
mora than a million., dollars per
month so they are ready, they say,
to fight to a finish.
Amroxlmatck4000 yard men, con
ductors and trainmen are out and
5,000 shop men quit.
A few mall trains are allowed leave
to run, as trainmen are saying that
won't Interfere with mail trains, but
the will not allow any othera to oe
moved. TP"e has beaji no violence.
The company says that it is intend
ing to import strike breakers. Strik
ers are firm and say they will not al
low It. Probably there will be clashes
if strike breakers are employed.
Dead for Three Days Anyway
Detroit. July 19. At Grand Trunk
offices here today it is admitted the
line will be tied up for three days at
least, on account of the strike.' If the
company tries to handle freight
through yards other than their own.
a general strike of Bwltchmen might
result. For this reason the omciais
will go slow.
ARMY
REINS
HELL RETIRES AND WOOD TAKES
HIS PLACE
Reforms In Army Circles Expected
Following His Appointment
... . u L.u I
Trap Miooiers irjihmi
a,,r.Vano Wash.. Julv 19. Several
nt thp fnremost tran shots of the i nuicklv understands the attitude of
world are participating today in the I the officers of his county and readily
annual shooting tournament of the and willingly takes advantage of It
Washington State Sportsmen's Asso- j and as a rule, carefully avoids the in
elation.. The shoot will be concluded! elusion of his mortgage notes In the
tomorrow, when the marksmen will . nBt of his property furnished the as--,.
tn Kolann R C. for ihe Pacific I sensor. On the other hand many as-
W w . . -- . - - , - -
Indian tournament next week. The ! sessors are making a Btrong effort to
shooters will .then return to Wash- j get all classes of property subject to
ineton fo rthe Pacific Coast Handicap j assessment and taxation upon the roll
at Seattle August 2-4. and are checking up the record of
mortgages in their several counties
with that etid in view. This course
Land Men In Session.
St, Louis, July 19 Missouri farm
land agents and brokers met here to
day to form an organization for
booming Missouri and bringing to the
state a desirable class of immigrants
from other states and foreign countries.
Northwest f hantanquu.
Seattle. Wash.. July 19. The north-
I'UVlB l luaniue -
all the projects In the west and aa a west Chautauqua Assembly at Whid
result o'f long an dcontsant exposur Island opens today and has at
to the sun's rays, his face is wearing i traded many visitors from Washlng
a tan that rlghtlv belongs' to a har- ton, Oregon. Idaho and British Co
vest hand. . lumbla
has been endorsed by the board of
state tax commissioners and we deslri
It to he distinctly understood that
such diligence on the part of an as
sessor Is commended and approved
Section 1. Chapter 268, Laws 1907
provides that: "All real proper!
within this state, and all personal
property situated or owned within this
state, except such as may be specific
ally exempted by law, shall be sub
ject to assessment and taxation In
equal and ratalle proportion. SectW is
4 and 5 of said Chap. 268, set out
Washington, July 19.Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood today became
chief ofstaff of the army, second In
command only to the president. He
succeeds Major General Franklin Bell
who held the position for years. Re
forms are expected. He wants more
igid physical tests and closer rela
tionship between the army and the
national guards
To tfrcat Poor Free.
Denver, Colo., July 19. Some of the
most famous surgeons and dentists of
the country will perform operations
free of charge at the cHnlcs to be held
in connection with the aunual con1
vention of the National Dental Asso
ciation, opened in Denver today.
The convention will also provide
public lectures in which the import
ance of the teeth In their relation to
general health will be Impressed up
on the HstenerB. A large proportion
of stomach and intestinal disorders,
it Is alleged, could be cured or great
ly relieved by paying proper atten
tion to the teeth.
REVOLT IS PKEAMN(J
CANNIBALS ATE
F
TINY IN
ANTS
what property Is exempt from taxa-1 fuel to the flames of revolt.
King and Cabinet Dare Not Declare
Martial Law in Spain at this
Time
Bllba of Spain. July 19. With
strike agitators active throughout the
country, working to paralyze indus
try, a spirit of rebellion Is growing
and the government today took fur
ther steps to prevent what Is threat
ened to be a serious revolt. The re
bellion In some places Is shown open
ly and In others, conspirators are
working secretly owing to the vigi
lance of the secret service. The gov
ernment refuses to. grant a petition
to Industrial firms to declare marflal
law. for fear such a step would add
ONE WOMAN ESPECIALLY
CUSED OF THE CRIME
AC
killed and Ate Several Babies, Says
NewsMiHr Report Today
Puerto, Plata, Santo Domtogq, July
19.--Newspapers are demanding cap
ital punishment for the woman who,
it Is asserted, confessed to having
killed and eaten several Infants. Ac
cording to a local paper today the
woman was a devotee of an African
cult which commands Infanticide and
cannibalism. It la said her murders,
covered several years. ,